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HideWei Luo
Geography
Northern Illinois University
Project Leader
Web-based Interactive Landform Simulation Model-Grand Canyon part of WILSIM
Project page for WILSIM-GC, an interactive web-based simulation tool that models Grand Canyon formation, offering educational resources, teaching activities, and research on landscape evolution for undergraduate geoscience education.
Website Content Contributions
Activities (3)
Simple Spatial Analysis based on Raster Data Structure part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This is an educational activity page detailing a hands-on GIS lab exercise focused on raster data structure limitations and fundamental spatial analysis operations—buffering and overlay—conducted manually without software, designed for introductory-level geoscience students to develop problem-solving skills and flowcharting abilities in the context of risk assessment related to earthquake-induced pipeline ruptures.
Apartment information system part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
A geospatial education resource page detailing a GIS project activity for students to build an apartment information system using GeoMedia Pro, covering data capture, spatial queries, and map creation within an entry-level GIS course, including downloadable teaching materials and assessment strategies.
Color mixing and image enhancement part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This educational lab activity page, authored by Wei Luo and peer-reviewed through the On the Cutting Edge program, teaches introductory remote sensing concepts including reflectance spectra of vegetation, color mixing, and image enhancement techniques such as contrast stretching, band ratioing, and spatial filtering using ENVI 4.5 software with ADAR multispectral imagery of a golf course.
Course (1)
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Courses
This course offers an introduction to the concepts, principles, and theories behind Geographic Information Systems and Science (GIS), with emphasis on the nature of geographic information, data models and ...